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SBC Park
SBC Park, which plays host to the San Francisco Giants of the
National League West, opened in the year 2000. At the entrance
of the park, there is a nine foot statue of the legendary Willie
Mays. Many people that tune into baseball see the deepest home
runs in right field splash into McCovey Cove, named after the
hall-of-fame player Willie McCovey. For the kids, there is a
miniature SBC park located behind left field, and children of
all ages flock to it to enjoy the game their way.
The fences
from left to center field range from 8 to 11 feet,
and the fences are 25 feet high in right field in order to compensate
for a 309 distance from home plate to the bleachers in right
field. Contrary to most other baseball parks, SBC Park also hosts
events for other sports throughout the year. The Emerald Bowl
is put on in last December every year, and it pits a team from
the Pac-10 conference against a team from the Mountain West conference.
Another college football related event happens
about two weeks after the national championship game, and that
game is the annual East-West Shrine Game.
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